Han’s Son is Not a Slave

Chapter 68: Military System

Hu Quan’s death was very solemn. The people in Luoding City who did not participate in the Taiping Camp were forced by the Taiping Camp to participate in the funeral. The 86 Luo Dingbing soldiers who were killed in action and three from Daqiao Mountain were buried with Hu Quan. Sergeant.

The funeral procession stretched for several miles, and it looked quite beautiful, but Zhou Shixiang was worried that Hu Quan and those soldiers would be buried in such a beautiful scenery. If the Taiping Camp left Luoding in the future, the Qing army would destroy the tomb.

Song Xianggong said that there was no need to worry. He told Zhou Shixiang that the Ming and Qing sides had been fighting for more than ten years, and a large number of generals and soldiers were killed every year on both sides. Therefore, the two sides had an unwritten clause that the two sides would not damage the graves of the other side’s dead. Otherwise, you will dig my body, and I will break your grave, when will I be dead? In addition to the customs of the Han people for thousands of years, after death, no matter what happened in life, they must go to the ground for safety. Therefore, even the vicious Manchu soldiers would not destroy the tombs of the Han army, so as not to arouse the strong resistance of the Han people, which would not be worth the loss.

After hearing what Song Xianggong said, Zhou Shixiang felt a little relieved. He had already established his position as the leader of the Taiping Camp, and the old brothers from Daqiao Mountain had passed the large sums of supplies seized from Deqing and several military discussions in the past two days. No matter, Shao Jiugong’s Jiangxi soldiers, Luo Ding’s recruits, prisoners and refugees all admire and respect him as a new general. It can be said that the current Taiping Camp has changed from the previous “Hu Ji” to “Zhou Ji”. What Zhou Shixiang has to do next is to bring this “Zhou Ji” Taiping Camp on the right track, and gradually develop and grow into a backbone of the anti-Qing Dynasty. strength.

Zhou Shixiang set a pension of 50 taels for the deceased. For this reason, Song Xianggong, who was in charge of the public treasury, paid a total of 4,300 taels of silver to the relatives of the deceased, which accounted for almost one third of the cash seized from Deqing. .

The pension of 50 taels is a large amount at the moment. Even considering the damage to the economy and people’s livelihood caused by the years of war, the actual purchasing power of 50 silver is enough to buy a small house. If it is converted into food, it can also provide for a family. After eating three bites for several years, it must be said that it is a lot of money.

The pensions for the fallen soldiers were set so high that there was no voice of opposition within the Taiping Camp, because even before the Manchurians entered the customs, the Ming Dynasty did not give so many pensions to the fallen soldiers, and there were even some that were not given. , And now the Ming Dynasty has died and only a few provinces in the southwest are left. Although the Taiping Camp is under the banner of the Emperor Yongli of Nanming, there is no reason to set such a high pension for the fallen soldiers, and the Qing Dynasty, which is much richer than Nanming, did not do so. I gave it, why did the Taiping Camp, which established the head of the camp, give so much? Such a Fa, it is a living waste of money, how many families can withstand such a defeat!

Including Shao Jiugong, the ten teams all had objections without exception. To this end, Zhou Shixiang and Song Xianggong did a lot of work, said a lot of heart-to-heart words, and also talked about the benefits of high pensions for the relatives of the deceased and the living soldiers. “, finally convinced the team members who were dissatisfied with this.

After the pensions were distributed according to the roster, it was as expected by Zhou Shixiang. When the families of the deceased knew that they could receive 50 taels of pensions, they resented the Taiping Camp because of the death of the man. It also faded away.

Song Xianggong deliberately spread the benevolence and righteousness of the Taiping Camp. If your man was captured by other troops to get him, let alone a pension, you wouldn’t even be able to see the body. Now people not only take your man’s body with him When I came back, I gave you such a large sum of money. If you are dissatisfied again, then you don’t know what to do.

With the two-pronged approach, soon, the relatives of the fallen soldiers could not hear bad things about the Taiping Battalion. Instead, they were sad and still sad, but at the same time they were full of praise for the benevolence and righteousness of the Taiping Battalion.

The relatives of the fallen soldiers are like this, and the relatives of the living soldiers are even more speechless. The men of their families also received rewards from the Taiping Camp, but not gold and silver, but cloth and white flour, as well as some meat, and even wine.

These are all extra rewards, and they do not affect her continuing to receive additional food from the public treasury. They can exchange the things they don’t need or eat with others, or even sell them to those who have not participated in Taiping. The people of the battalion can thus get some silver, and the money will not be confiscated by the Taiping Camp, which greatly improves the closeness of the soldiers, the elderly and the weak, women and children to the Taiping Camp, forming the cohesive force expected by Zhou Shixiang.

The wounded were treated after returning to Luoding. Although the treatment methods were very backward and the disabled were unavoidable, most of the wounded were able to recover. Later, you can take some non-physical positions in the rear camp, so that you can receive certain rewards from these positions, and the treatment is equivalent to the corporal.

One of the three killed corps leaders was a bandit, and the other two were Li Chengdong’s subordinates like Hu Quan. None of the three had relatives by their side, so the pension was temporarily recorded on the account, if they could be found in the future. family members, and hand over the money to them.

When determining the pension, a question was put before Zhou Shixiang, which was how to implement the treatment of soldiers and officers in the battalion.

Hierarchy is all evil, but it is necessary. Without the existence of hierarchy, it is impossible to clarify various provisions, and there is no way for the soldiers at the bottom to have an upward path. Pensions are a very real and urgent issue in this hierarchy.

After Zhou Shixiang reached a preliminary consensus on this issue with Duke Xiang of Song, he summoned ten soldiers to discuss it.

At the military meeting, the ten teams agreed that it is necessary to clarify the system of superiority and inferiority in the camp, and to give different treatment to personnel at different levels. Shao Jiugong even said that he could directly copy the set of the green camp, and also set up some standards to cooperate with the flood season. Officers at all levels are clear at a glance, saving worry and time.

Of course, Zhou Shixiang would not use the military system of the Green Camp. After pondering, he decided to apply the military system of the Ming Army to the Taiping Camp, in order to clarify the hierarchy of the Taiping Camp, so as to facilitate smooth command and reward, punishment, treatment, and compensation in the future. and other issues can be resolved.

The military system of the Ming Army Guards is the system of small flags, general flags, hundreds of households, thousands of households, and commanders. Combined with the current situation of Taiping Battalion, Zhou Shixiang used the captains of each corps as the small flag officers, and each team as the general flag. Officers, and then combined with the problems that occurred in the actual command, and temporarily set up a post of 100 households.

This Hundred Households are not very established, but were established during the war. The nature is similar to that of the former commander of the former battalion. That is to say, once the Taiping Battalion fights against the Qing army~www.readwn.com~, a Hundred Household can be set up in addition to Zhou Shixiang. All households carry five general flags to fight. The candidates for the Hundred Households are not fixed, and the candidates are only determined at the military conference before the war.

In order to maintain the military discipline of Taiping Camp, Zhou Shixiang decided to set up a governor. This governor will be temporarily held by Song Xianggong, and will be changed when a suitable candidate is found in the future.

Although there were not a thousand soldiers in the Taiping Battalion, the total number of soldiers in the battalion was nearly 3,000. Therefore, Duke Xiang of Song suggested that Zhou Shixiang himself be appointed as the official of the Thousand Households. Of course there is no opinion on that.

The Weisuo system was the regular military system of the Ming Dynasty. If Zhou Shixiang wanted his thousand households to be legal, he had to obtain the approval of the Yongli court. Otherwise, his practice would be privately appointed officials. The problem was that he did not know how to obtain the Yongli court’s approval. Approved. Song Xianggong said to him that this problem is not difficult. Didn’t he already send someone to Gaozhou to report the victory? When Gaozhou sent someone to mention it to them, the left and right general Luo Ding has been given to the Taiping Camp. Grant a thousand households?

Zhou Shixiang took it seriously. The small flags, the general flags, and the hundreds of households are basically the same as the second lieutenants, lieutenants, and captains in later generations of the army, while the generals, the garrison, and the general are the actual duties, just like division commanders, brigade commanders, and regimental commanders. . Hu Quan is already dead, and Luo Ding will definitely fall on his head, so it shouldn’t be a problem to ask the Yongli court to grant a thousand households with the respect of the general.

Zhou Shixiang originally wanted to directly use the division system of later generations of the army, but if you think about it, it’s a bit nondescript. After all, it’s the 17th century, not the 20th century. I have to explain again what is a teacher and what is a group leader.